Table 1.

Children's nutritional status

Indicator	Time of starting complementary foods
	Total (n=212)	≤4 M (n=17)	5‐7 M (n=136)	≥8 M (n=48)	Not commenced (n=11)	Total (n=212)
	Mean (SD)					Z‐score<−2 SD (%)
H/LAZ	−1.8 (1.71)	−1.6 (0.40)	−1.7 (0.14)	−2.6 (1.86)	−0.6 (1.31)	45.8
WAZ	−1.4 (1.39)	−0.9 (0.32)	−1.2 (0.11)	−2.2 (1.62)	−0.7 (1.33)	30.2
WH/LZ	−0.5 (1.37)	0.2 (0.32)	−0.3 (0.11)	−1.1 (1.57)	−0.5 (1.43)	11.3

SD, standard deviation; H/LAZ, Z‐score for height/length for age; WAZ, Z‐score for weight for age; WH/LZ, Z‐score for weight for height/length.